Pawl type one-way brake



E. CAPETTA PAWL TYPE ONE-WAY BRAKE May 22, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed Nov. 6, 1930 A ltomey Patented May 22, 1951 UNITED STATES RATENT OFFICE PAWL TYPE ONE-WAY BRAKE Ernest Capetta, Lodi, N. J.

1 Claim.

This is a substitute application for my allowed and abandoned case, Serial No. 493,893, filed November 6, 1930.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothesline pulleys, and more particularly to a pulley which eliminates the danger of injuring persons handling clotheslines which is generally occasioned by the fingers of the person being caught between the line and the pulley.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a pulley which will eliminate the above trouble without increasing the cost over similar types of pulleys now on the market, and at the same time offering considerably more advantages and safeguards.

In the drawings.

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of a novel pulley;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken in the plane of the pulley;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the spring pawl.

In the drawings, it is seen that the numeral 5 generally refers to the pulley wheel which is made up of the two plates 6 suitably fastened together and having their peripheries curving outwardly to form the groove for the clothesline 1. The flanges of this pulley are provided with ratchet teeth 8 for receiving the free end of the spring pawl 9 to prevent rotation of the wheel in one direction.

The numeral 10 designates a frame made up of a pair of U-shaped members H and l2, apertured at their face ends and disposed in registration to receive the pin l3 which extends axially through the center of the pulley wheel 5. A strap l4 connects the U-shaped members I l and [2 at their bight portions. The U-shaped member I I has an eye l5 at its bight portion whereby the pulley and its frame can be supported by a hook or similar element on a spoke or wall.

Also secured to the bent portion of the U- shaped member II by the eye member is the aforementioned spring pawl 9 which is provided with a flared head l6 engageable with the teeth of the flanges on the pulley 5. A boss I! on the strap M has a bore therethrough for receiving the winged screw l8 which is swivelly connected to the spring pawl 9 as at l9.

Obviously the wheel can only rotate in one direction and the tension of the spring pawl 9 against the flanges of the wheel will act as a brake to retard the rotation thereof.

It is apparent that variations may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described the claimed as new is:

A clothes line pulley comprising a frame composed of two U-shaped members arranged at right angles to each other, with the extremities of the limbs of one member overlapping the extremities of the limbs of the other member, a pin passing through said overlapping extremities, a pulley journalled in the frame by said pin, an arcuate strap having its ends connected with the bights of said U-shaped members, a spring pawl having one end connected with one end of the arcuate strap and said pawl being located between a portion of the pulley and the strap with its free end engaging the periphery of the pulley, said periphery of the pulley having ratchet teeth formed thereon for engagement by the free end of the pawl, said strap having a threaded boss formed on an intermediate portion and a screw passed through the boss and having its inner end swiveled to the pawl for adjusting the tension of said pawl.

ERNEST CAPE'I'IA.

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